Every child has a creative spark, and as parents, we should do everything we can to nurture it. Whether your kid loves writing their own stories, drawing, painting or even photography, the more you encourage their creative tendencies now, the more confidence your child will have, the more inclined they'll be to try new things and the better they'll be at expressing and coping … [Read more...]
4 Tips to Being Proactive About Your Children’s Health
For every mother, creating a healthy environment for your children to grow in is of prime importance - or should be. Unfortunately, raising a child comes with many foreseen and unforeseen health challenges. Although it can be very challenging to keep your child completely safe from every form of illness, you can do your best to guard their health by being as proactive as you … [Read more...]
Keeping Your Kids Healthy? It Starts and Ends on the Plate!
It seems like every time we turn on the news we're treated to another disturbing fact about how unhealthy the current generation of little ones are. We're in the middle of a childhood obesity epidemic with data from the CDC indicating that almost 20% of all children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 19 are obese. Even kids who are a healthy weight and appear to be in … [Read more...]
3 Common Causes Of Skin Problems In Kids
Children, especially young ones, are very prone to skin issues. Hopefully, your doctor gave you a lot of good advice about skin conditions in babies and which ones are a cause for concern, but most parents don't get quite as much information about skin issues in slightly older kids. But even when they've grown up a bit, their skin is still sensitive and they're still likely to … [Read more...]
Reasons You May Be Having a Hard Time Getting the Kids to Sleep
Try as you may, you can't seem to get your kids to calm down and get to bed. They seem to have a never-ending supply of energy that keeps them going for hours after you've tucked them in. Before you can have a moment to yourself they're barging in the room asking for one thing or another, or screaming at the top of their lungs from their bedroom down the hall. You're at the … [Read more...]
Could IBI Treatment Be The Best Option For Your Autistic Child?
Over the course of recent years, children have been diagnosed with conditions along the autistic spectrum more frequently, approximately 1 in 68 children suffers from a form of autism. This is largely owing to improved methods of detection and identification. Furthermore, the stigma surrounding the diagnosis has decreased, and physicians are more inclined to name what they see … [Read more...]